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Writing an Argumentative Essay about the Nobel Prize in Literature — Cumulative exam Answers

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Which statement best describes the similarities between the feminist and historical approaches to literary analysis?

A
Both limit analysis to the words on the page rather than considering factors that influenced the author.
B
Neither considers how social forces affect the literary work.
C
Neither considers where and when the author lived or how those factors affected the literary work.
D
Both consider how cultural and political forces affect the literary work.
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Which words share a word root with educate? Select two options.duetconductedificedeductionduplicate

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duet
B
conduct
C
edifice
D
deduction
E
duplicate
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Read the scenario.A journalist researches a possible scheme by a financial services company to steal money from its clients. He has one source, a woman who lost all of the money that she had invested with the company. He also talks to competing firms, who say that the company in question has no ethics. With just this information, the journalist publishes a story accusing the company of stealing clients’ money.

A
keeping news separate from paid advertising
B
seeking the truth and reporting news without bias
C
minimizing harm by showing compassion
D
being accurate and transparent
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Read the passage from the opinion of the court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, written by Justice Taney.The question then arises, whether the provisions of the Constitution, in relation to the personal rights and privileges to which the citizen of a State should be entitled, embraced the negro African race, at that time in this country, or who might afterwards be imported, who had then or should afterwards be made free in any State; and to put it in the power of a single State to make him a citizen of the United States, and endue him with the full rights of citizenship in every other State without their consent? Does the Constitution of the United States act upon him whenever he shall be made free under the laws of a State, and raised there to the rank of a citizen, and immediately clothe him with all the privileges of a citizen in every other State, and in its own courts?The court thinks the affirmative of these propositions cannot be maintained. And if it cannot, the plaintiff in error could not be a citizen of the State of Missouri, within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and, consequently, was not entitled to sue in its courts.

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that Sanford has the right to enslave Scott
B
that Scott has the right to be emancipated
C
that Scott is not a citizen of Missouri
D
that Sanford cannot sue because he is not a citizen
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Which conflicts are revealed in the passage? Select two options.

A
an internal conflict within the narrator, who is frightened by the extremity of her anger at her mother
B
an external conflict between the narrator, who is demanding independence, and her mother, who is demanding obedience
C
an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether or not the narrator will continue to live at home
D
an internal conflict within the narrator’s mother, who cannot decide whether to throw her daughter out of the family home
E
an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to be the kind of daughter her mother wants, and her mother, who thinks that’s impossible
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Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election.I believe we can embark on a new age of reform in this country and an era of national renewal. An era that will reorder the relationship between citizen and government, that will make government again responsive to people, that will revitalize the values of family, work, and neighborhood and that will restore our private and independent social institutions.

A
fear.
B
hope.
C
anger.
D
pride.
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Which conflicts are examples of external conflicts? Select three options.When my email password was denied for the third time, I realized that my account must have been hacked.Realizing that the law was not going to be vetoed, the congresswoman retired to her office to start working.Salim could not believe that the irrational fears that had plagued him throughout his childhood had returned.It was now or never for Zahra; she could speak up about what she had seen, or she could remain silent.Enzo and Luca glared at each other from across the cafeteria, knowing that they needed to talk about the game.

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When my email password was denied for the third time, I realized that my account must have been hacked.
B
Realizing that the law was not going to be vetoed, the congresswoman retired to her office to start working.
C
Salim could not believe that the irrational fears that had plagued him throughout his childhood had returned.
D
It was now or never for Zahra; she could speak up about what she had seen, or she could remain silent.
E
Enzo and Luca glared at each other from across the cafeteria, knowing that they needed to talk about the game.
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Which details best reveal the setting of the passage? Select two options.

A
“It is a great Dead Place—greater than any Dead Place we know.”
B
“Everywhere there are the ruins of the high towers of the gods.”
C
“I went carefully, my strung bow in my hand, my skin ready for danger.”
D
“I looked after it, and thought if it had trod me under, at least I would be safely dead.”
E
“When I had dried my bowstring and re-strung it, I walked forward to the Place of the Gods.”
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Read the passage.(1) Social media is here to stay. (2) No amount of complaining by an older generation who cannot even turn on a computer will change the fact that we live in a social media world. (3) Increasing access to social media for people who are afraid to use it or unwilling to try it should be the first step toward making the playing field a bit more even for everyone.

A
an ad hominem attack
B
an appeal to emotion
C
a false dilemma
D
a bandwagon appeal
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Which cultural differences are revealed through this conflict? Select two options.

A
The daughter resents being asked to work hard all the time, which her mother sees as laziness.
B
The daughter does not value talent or intelligence, whereas her mother believes that they are the two most important qualities a person can have.
C
The daughter wants to be valued for what she is, while the mother believes that the girl should always strive to be more.
D
The daughter believes that her mother should accept and love her, but the mother believes that she should help her daughter succeed.
E
The daughter thinks that her parents owe her love and support, but the mother thinks that the daughter owes them gratitude for providing for her.
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Which sentences use lean correctly? Select two options.

A
The property cannot be put on the market until the lean has been completely repaid.
B
After the earthquake in Crete, the water tower leans more than 15 degrees to the right.
C
The business owner placed a lean on the property until the debt could be repaid.
D
The voters are leaning toward the mayoral candidate with more government experience.
E
The house could not be sold until the lean was removed.
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Which excerpts from "Two Kinds” are examples of internal conflict? Select two options.“America was where all my mother's hopes lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.”“In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything.”“Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror above the bathroom sink and when I saw only my face staring back—and that it would always be this ordinary face—I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high-pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror.”“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’“‘So ungrateful,’ I heard her mutter in Chinese, ‘If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be famous now.’”“So maybe I never really gave myself a fair chance. I did pick up the basics pretty quickly, and I might have become a good pianist at that young age. But I was so determined not to try, not to be anybody different that I learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant hymns.”

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“America was where all my mother's hopes lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.”
B
“In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything.”
C
“Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror above the bathroom sink and when I saw only my face staring back—and that it would always be this ordinary face—I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high-pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror.”
D
“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’“‘So ungrateful,’ I heard her mutter in Chinese, ‘If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be famous now.’”
E
“So maybe I never really gave myself a fair chance. I did pick up the basics pretty quickly, and I might have become a good pianist at that young age. But I was so determined not to try, not to be anybody different that I learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant hymns.”
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If retro means "back” and spec means "to see or look,” what is the best definition of the phrase in retrospect in the sentence below?In retrospect, I probably should have taken better notes on that topic.

A
in regretting the past
B
in respecting the past
C
in anticipating the past
D
in considering the past
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Which sentence from Roosevelt’s request for a declaration of war is an example of a bandwagon appeal?

A
“Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area.”
B
“It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago.”
C
“The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation.”
D
“As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.”
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Which quotation from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove includes an allusion?

A
“Each night she lay down in pain and rose”
B
“And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting”
C
“Diego’s / love a skull in the circular window”
D
“of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow”
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Read the passage from the opinion of the court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, written by Justice Taney.The question before us is, whether the class of persons described in the plea in abatement compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this sovereignty? We think they are not, and that they are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States. On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and, whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the Government might choose to grant them.

A
Taney fails to provide any actual evidence for his statements that Black people were universally considered inferior.
B
Taney cannot use states’ rights to claim that the plaintiff is not a citizen, because citizenship is federal.
C
Taney’s argument that emancipated people were still controlled by White people is false because they were free.
D
Taney’s argument that Blacks were not citizens is false because their ancestors were forced to come here.
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What is the best definition of an argumentative text?

A
a text that uses vivid language to engage the audience in the topic
B
a text that supports a claim about a debatable topic using evidence as support
C
a text that presents evidence to inform the audience about a specific topic
D
a text that uses rhetorical devices to support a particular perspective
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Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll’s House.Mrs. Linde [looking at her watch]: Not yet—and the time is nearly up. If only he does not—. [Listens again.] Ah, there he is. [Goes into the hall and opens the outer door carefully. Light footsteps are heard on the stairs. She whispers.] Come in. There is no one here.Krogstad [in the doorway]: I found a note from you at home. What does this mean?Mrs. Linde: It is absolutely necessary that I should have a talk with you.Krogstad: Really? And is it absolutely necessary that it should be here?Mrs. Linde: It is impossible where I live; there is no private entrance to my rooms. Come in; we are quite alone. The maid is asleep, and the Helmers are at the dance upstairs.

A
The use of letters and secret meetings develops the theme that hiding the truth will eventually lead to hardship.
B
The use of questions develops the theme that the truth can be discovered only by asking the right questions.
C
The use of doorways develops the theme that being too open about the truth can cause conflict and heartache.
D
The use of conversations beginning abruptly develops the theme that getting to the point will always reveal the truth.

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